Discussion Thread for "Rate My Guitar"

munckee

terada said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

terada said:

mikem8634 said:

It is very difficult to lol a guitar that somebody has built with their own two hands simply because there are one or two aesthetic elements that don't appeal to my particular taste. Seems overly harsh.

So far I have over 280 lols on the first page alone. @Jonathanthomas83 has over 80 on a single post.

Don't let it get you down, its ok for people to dislike stuff, and I'd rather people were honest. 

Exactly. I've learned that I should probably never trust my tastes and not buy a blue Les Paul ever, ever again! haha. ;-)

Haha! Avoid avoid! The weird thing is that my inverness green les paul (which I traded a couple of months ago), came out roughly evens. 

Turns out we're a fickle bunch 

I don't even like les pauls but nearly bought an inverness green one once, lovely looking guitar.

skullfunkerry

Jonathanthomas83 said:

Exactly. I've learned that I should probably never trust my tastes and not buy a blue Les Paul ever, ever again! haha. ;-)

Well if you ever decide you don't want a blue Les Paul any more, please let me know!

Jonathanthomas83

skullfunkerry said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

Exactly. I've learned that I should probably never trust my tastes and not buy a blue Les Paul ever, ever again! haha. ;-)

Well if you ever decide you don't want a blue Les Paul any more, please let me know!

Ahh, thanks mate. I actually sold it back in September, so it's long gone. It was a nice guitar but didn't come close to my R8 once I got that :-)

stickyfiddle

I'm super late to this. Have gone through and lol/wowed as appropriate. I'm surprised my own partscaster strat has done so well. I've always said green is the best colour. 

I'm baffled by what kind of deviant would lol a black LP Custom though. There's literally nothing cooler!

thebreeze

Here’s a possible divider, CS ‘63 Custom Tele

tekbow

Summary of what i think is happening in the general sense.

- PRS cores and above gets lol'd by Gibson owners and anyone that doesn't have one. PRS owners claim green eyed monster.

- PRS SE gets lol'd by PRS core owners and gibson owners.

- Gibson Les Pauls are lol'd because Gibson at the moment and LP owners rabidness about them. Gibson owners claim green eyed monster.

- Traditionalists outweigh fans of more modern instruments. If it's gotta Floyd, lol.

- If it's super expensive or pretty, lol. Owners claim green eyed monster.

- If it's a fender, it's pretty safe, unless heavy relic or super bling.

- If it's something connoisseur-ish (gretsch, yamaha SG's etc) safe.

- If its a functional, unpretentious partscaster, safe.

- If it's a non LP gibson, pretty safe.

Here's why i think the above.

- Guitar players are broadly an ageing demographic.

- Because they're an ageing demographic traditional styles are favoured.

- Even when they're not older players, the guitar heroes of the 60's and 70's are still a big influence in terms of aesthetics

- There's a financial divide which would follow the trend of ageing demography although not as clear cut as the traditional vs modern thing.

- aside from this, during Gibson's recent problems, LP owners especially doubled down on backing their brand of choice, despite the demonstrable numerous issues at Gibson.

The whole Gibson PRS thing has always confused me given Gibson basically invented the flashy figured carve top thing.

I'm the guy that started the equivalent amp thread, and that has suprised me somewhat. Seems we're a lot more accepting of Amps than Axes.

LuttiS

tekbow said:

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I'm the guy that started the equivalent amp thread, and that has suprised me somewhat. Seems we're a lot more accepting of Amps than Axes.

I was just going through and thought the same - i suppose for the most part (lookswise) an amp is a black box, and most of the ones posted so far are good amps, that are on the whole desirable. 

I posted the Kustom 36 - i expected a good mix of lols/wows for that - as people in the past have been very split about the roll top on that series, usually a love/hate type thing, but so far only have wows. 

Jonathanthomas83

Wait, there's an amp thread?

timmypix

Didn't know we had a discussion thread - again I was a late joiner, and I've really enjoyed going through everyone's guitars. It's surprising how there are guitars that divide opinion that I would have thought that would be definite winners, and there's just a great mix in general.

I've also learned that from the LOLs I've received, I do not have popular taste in guitars. 

Jonathanthomas83

Don't take it personally mate. Many of us have spent hundreds and thousands and had plenty of LOL's on those guitars. We're all just really different. Though, maybe we're not, I'm tempted to agree with @tekbow's evaluation above.

JerkMoans

Jonathanthomas83 said:

Wait, there's an amp thread?

Oh man!  That's Tuesday morning written off.

ICBM

I see @HarrySeven has joined in on Rate My Guitar...

We may be some time .

timmypix

Jonathanthomas83 said:

Don't take it personally mate. Many of us have spent hundreds and thousands and had plenty of LOL's on those guitars. WerrW all just really different. Though, maybe we're not, I'm tempted to agree with @tekbow's evaluation above.

Oh I don't at all, different strokes for different folks and all that - as you say, I think there's certainly a general taste in this forum. That said, for every ten reliced Strats there's something weird and wonderful in there too, so while there's a trend I think there's still a great mix here. I'm really enjoying seeing everything.

Bennyboy-UK

I was thinking if its unremarkable, brown, looks like a potato, or been buried in a grow bag for 12 months, it should score well!

p90fool

Bennyboy-UK said:

I was thinking if its unremarkable, brown, looks like a potato, or been buried in a grow bag for 12 months, it should score well!

My Strat is all of the above and got lol'ed

Bennyboy-UK

p90fool said:

Bennyboy-UK said:

I was thinking if its unremarkable, brown, looks like a potato, or been buried in a grow bag for 12 months, it should score well!

My Strat is all of the above and got lol'ed

And at one stroke, my theory is destroyed !!!

p90fool

I rest my case

http://i64.tinypic.com/6fnw41.jpg

ewal

ICBM said:

I see @HarrySeven has joined in on Rate My Guitar...

We may be some time .

A superb collection! So much more worthwhile and interesting than another anonymous collection based on the holy trinity...

Groke

https://m.imgur.com/gallery/NfysEsX

drwiddly

Must get the camera out, I have an avalanche of lols awaiting!